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HER Number:30756.20
Name:CHYKEMBRO - Iron Age round, Romano British round

Summary

A curvilinear enclosure with an average diameter of 17m, thought to be a possible round is most likely a livestock pound.

Grid Reference:SW 4462 3706
Parish:Zennor, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 50.21
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30756.20
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 130

Monument Type(s):

  • ROUND (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • ROUND (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

The OS in 1961 surveyed at 1:2500 a curvilinear enclosure at Chykembro lying to the west of the courtyard house (30756.1). It is bounded by an earth and stone bank up to 1.0m high with traces of crude interior walling, and has an average diameter of 17m. There is an entrance in the south-east and a gap on the north side but the latter seems modern. The bank on the north side of the south-east entrance is wider than elswhere and there are the remains of a small rectangular structure measuring 1.8m by 1.5m constructed of flat stones set on edge on this enlarged terminal. The position of the enclosure is suggestive of a guard chamber (h1). Russell in 1971 lists the extant remains of a circular enclosure, under 'Rounds' (b5). The OS who revisited the site in 1975 record that the feature is as described in the survey of 1961. It is probably an animal pound with an associated hut circle (30756.3) rather than a denuded courtyard house (h2). Weatherhill in 1982 records the feature as round but suggests that it was probably used as a livestock pound (h3, b6). The enclosure is visible on air photographs (p1) and was plotted for the NMP.

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Site history:
1: 1961. PITCHER, GH / OS
2: 1975. FLETCHER, MJ / OS
3: 1975. WEATHERHILL, C / CCRA
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<1> Hencken, H O'N, 1932, The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly, 311 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3489.

<2> Hirst, FC, 19--, Archaeological Notes on West Penwith (Unpublished document). SCO3593.

<3> Hirst, FC, 1937, Courtyard House Sites in West Cornwall, 96 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3594.

<4> HIRST, FC, 1937, UNKNOWN TITLE, 9 (Article in Journal). SCO7280.

<5> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 47 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<6> Weatherhill, C, 1982, Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey, 45-47 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5029.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO3489 - Bibliographic reference: Hencken, H O'N. 1932. The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly. 311.
[2]SCO3593 - Unpublished document: Hirst, FC. 19--. Archaeological Notes on West Penwith. MS At Wayside Museum, Zennor.
[3]SCO3594 - Bibliographic reference: Hirst, FC. 1937. Courtyard House Sites in West Cornwall. Journal British Archaeological Association. 96.
[4]SCO7280 - Article in Journal: HIRST, FC. 1937. UNKNOWN TITLE. Proceedings of the West Cornwall Field Club. 9.
[5]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 47.
[6]SCO5029 - Bibliographic reference: Weatherhill, C. 1982. Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey. MS At CAU. 45-47.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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30756Part of: CHYKEMBRO - Iron Age/Romano British settlement (Monument)

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